Quick Definition
be guilty
Strong's Definition
to be guilty; by implication to be punished or perish
Derivation: or אָשֵׁם; a primitive root;
KJV Usage: [idiom] certainly, be(-come, made) desolate, destroy, [idiom] greatly, be(-come, found, hold) guilty, offend (acknowledge offence), trespass.
TWOT Reference: 180
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
אָשַׁם (a.sham) — be guilty. 1) to offend, be guilty, trespass 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do wrong, offend, trespass, commit an offense, do injury 1a2) to be or become guilty 1a3) to be held guilty 1a4) to be incriminated 1b) (Niphal) to suffer punishment 1c) (Hiphil) to declare guilty 2) (TWOT) to be desolate, acknowledge offense
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · אָשָׁם · אָשֵׁם · אַשְׁמָה
Guilty | verb qal | ≈ נשׂא
to incur guilt = state in which humans bear the responsiblity for an unlawful deed, that was committed either knowingly or unknowingly
LEV 5:19 · LEV 5:19 · JDG 21:22 · 2CH 19:10 · 2CH 19:10 · JER 50:7 · EZK 22:4 · EZK 25:12 · EZK 25:12 · HOS 4:15 · HOS 13:1 · HAB 1:11
Know | verb qal
to realize one's guilt = a process by which humans realize that they bear the responsiblity for an unlawful deed, that was committed either knowingly or unknowingly
LEV 4:13 · LEV 4:22 · LEV 4:27 · LEV 5:2 · LEV 5:3 · LEV 5:4 · LEV 5:5 · LEV 5:17 · LEV 5:23 · NUM 5:6 · NUM 5:7 · HOS 5:15
Chastise | verb qal
to bear one's guilt, to be punished = process by which humans bear the consequences for an unlawful deed for which they are held responsible
PSA 34:22 · PSA 34:23 · PRO 30:10 · ISA 24:6 · JER 2:3 · HOS 10:2 · HOS 14:1 · ZEC 11:5
Chastise | verb hif
to make someone bear his/her guilt, to punish = causative action by which deities make humans bear the consequences for an unlawful deed for which they are held responsible
Chastise | verb nif | ≈ בוך
to suffer = process by which animals go through difficult circumstances; ≈ with the implication that someone else is responsible
Impact | verb qal | ≈ גדע · חרב · ישׁם · מחה · שׁבר · שׁבת
to bear the blame > to be destroyed = process by which objects are damaged and destroyed ≈ with the implication that someone else is responsible
1 EZK 6:6 MT HOTTP-C NJPS | LXX RSV NIV NJB NRSV REB GNT CEV שׁמם
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אָשַׁם, אָשֵׁם vb. offend, be guilty
commit an offence, a trespass, do a wrong, or an injury
be or become guilty
be held guilty, bear punishment
Niph. suffer punishment
Hiph. declare them guilty
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